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Malaysian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Wales   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
English Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
British Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Helô   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Diolch   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Nos da   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Bore da   

Please
sila   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
maaf   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cymraeg   

French Name
malais   
gallois   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Welsh   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
wel   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
No data available   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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Malaysian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Welsh language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malaysian and Welsh Language History.

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Malaysian and Welsh Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malaysian and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Welsh language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Welsh Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Welsh Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malaysian and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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